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ANDREA MAE C. LABOS
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ARTISANS

From French: artisan

Artisan is a skilled craft worker who makes

or creates material objects partly or
entirely by hand.
NAPOLEON ABUEVA (1930-2018)
Abueva is adept in traditional
"Father of Modern representation and modern
Philippine Sculpture" abstract forms of sculpture.

He used almost all kinds of

materials for his sculptures
such as hard wood, adobe,
metal, stainless steel,
cement, marble, bronze,
iron, alabaster, coral and
brass.
He was mentored by noted
sculptor Guillermo Tolentino
 NATIONAL HEROES SHRINE

It is the second highest cross

in the world and the tallest
in Asia. Under the commission
of the Philippine government,
Abueva collaborated with
designer Lorenzo del Castillo
to create a shrine that
commemorates the thousands of
Filipino and American soldiers
who lost their lives during
the Japanese-led Bataan Death
March in 1942.
 S A N D U G O

His Sandugo or Blood
Compact shrine in
Bohol, Tagbilaran City is a
landmark at the site of the
first international treaty
of friendship
between Spaniards and Filip
inos.
Anastacio Tanchauco Caedo 
(1907 –1990)

The U.P Oblation statue was

A modeled
actually Filipinoafter
sculptor
the and his style
physique of Caedo because of his
of sculpture was classical realist in the
lean and muscular body (he was an
tradition of his mentor, Guillermo Tolentino.
amateur bodybuilder)

He assisted Tolentino in creating most of

his landmark commissions like: the UP
Oblation; the Bonifacio
Monument in Caloocan City; the Rizal
Monument in front of the Rizal
Provincial Capitol; and the Shaw
Monument at Shaw Boulevard
in Mandaluyong to name a few.
Benigno Aquino Monument
In 1986, the renowned monument builder
was commissioned to create a bronze
statue of the national hero on the
corner of Ayala Avenue and Paseo de
Roxas in Makati. Caedo’s portrayal was
deemed too depressing, not in keeping
with the triumphal spirit that Ninoy’s
death brought to the political
landscape, and it was subsequently
replaced with a more conventional
statue. Abad’s installation revisits
Caedo’s version – its insistent
portrayal of terror and sacrifice a
more appropriate symbol for the less
triumphant times of now.
MacArthur Landing Site

The MacArthur Leyte Landing

Memorial National Park is a
protected area of the
Philippines that commemorates
the historic landing of
General Douglas MacArthur in
Leyte Gulf at the start of
the campaign to recapture and
liberate the Philippines from
Japanese occupation on 20
October 1944.
 Eduardo Castrillo (1942 - 2016

“The most avant-garde sculptor in

the Philippines”
He was known as a nationalist and for
his commitment to the Filipino people.

Castrillo’s main medium was

metal, especially brass, bronze
and steel, from which he
created sculptures by
hammering, cutting and
welding, with the help of a
group of assistants.
Andres Bonifacio
Shrine
The Bonifacio Shrine or
Heroes Park is a public
park and plaza in Ermita
Manila . Its centerpiece
is the monument for the
Filipino Revolutionary
Andres Bonifacio and the
Philippine Revolution
fronting Padre Burgos
Avenue.
People Power
Monument
The People Power Monument
is a monument built to
commemorate the events of
the 1986 people power
revolution. The monument
was located on the corner
of Epifania de los Santos
Avenue (EDSA), Quezon City
Philippines.
Guillermo Tolentino (1890 - 1976

He was designated as a National

Artist of the Philippines for
Sculpture in 1973, three years
before his death

He was a Filipino sculptor

and professor of
the University of the
Philippines.
The Bonifacio
Monument
Acknowledged as his
masterpiece and
completed in
1933, The Bonifacio
Monument in
Caloocan stands as
an enduring symbol
of the Filipinos’
cry for freedom
UP Oblation

He was appointed as
professor at the UP
School of Fine Arts
where the idea also of
executing a monument for
national heroes struck
him. The result was
the UP Oblation that
became the symbol of
freedom at the campus.
Fidel Go

Fidel Go was awarded with the Gawad

Manlilikha ng Bayan (National Folk
Artist Award) of the National
Commission on Culture and the Arts
in 1990.

He comes from a family of

artist (pottery) and businessmen
 BURNAY JARS

Burnay is unglazed earthen jars,

an industry that dates back to
pre-colonial times when
immigrants from China came and
settled in Vigan. Burnay jars
have small openings, and its
earlier use were for tea
drinking, storage for water, rice
grains and as container for salt,
brown sugar, local wine (basi)
and bagoong (fermented fish).
Lang Dulay (1928 – 2015)

A Filipino traditional weaver who was a

recipient of the National Living
Treasures Award.

She is credited with preserving her

people's tradition of weaving
T'nalak.
 T’nalak

T'nalak is a weaving tradition of
the T'boli people of South
Cotabato, Philippines. T'nalak cloth are
woven from abacá fibers. The traditional
female weavers are known as dream weavers,
because the pattern of the t'nalak cloth
are inspired by their dreams. This
traditional cloth is hand-woven made
of Abaca fibers which traditionally has
three primary colors, red, black and the
original color of the Abaca leaves. The
colorant of the materials are naturally
dyed boiled in with bark, roots and leaves
of plants.
 Whang-od Oggay 
Known as Maria Oggay, is a Filipino tattoo artist from
Buscalan, Tinglayan, Kalinga, Philippines.
 
She is often described as the "last"
and oldest mambabatok (traditional
Kalinga tattooist) and is part of
the Butbut people of the larger
Kalinga ethnic group.

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)

conferred on Whang-od the prestigious Dangal ng Haraya
Award at Tabuk, the capital of Whang-od's ethnic province
of Kalinga, in 2018. She was nominated for the National
Living Treasures Award (Gawad Manlilikha ng Bayan) in
2017. Her nomination is still being processed by the NCCA.
 The tattoo ink she uses
is composed
of indigenous materials,
usually a mixture of
charcoal and water that
is tapped into the skin
using a thorn from
a calamansi or pomelo tre
e. This ancient technique
of batok dates back a
thousand years and is
relatively painful
compared to conventional
techniques. 

She uses designs found in nature and basic

geometric shapes. She has numerous signature
tattoos, but since 2017, her signature tattoo is
composed of three dots, representing herself and
her two apprentices, depicted as a continuation
of the art form from the older to the next
generation.